| Description |
xxi, 356 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Springer series on geriatric nursing |
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Springer series on geriatric nursing.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Foreword ix -- Donna Regenstreif -- Preface xiii -- Susan Bower-Ferres -- Contributors xv -- Introduction xix -- Mathy D. Mezey and DeAnne Zwicker -- -- 1 Evaluating Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Best Practice 1 -- Judith A. Lucas and Terry Fulmer -- -- 2 Measuring Performance, Improving Quality 15 -- Deborah M Nadzam and Ivo L. Abraham -- -- 3 Assessment of Function 31 -- Denise M. Kresevic and Mathy Mezey -- -- 4 Excessive Sleepiness 47 -- Mary Grace Umlauf, Eileen R. Chasens, and Terri E. Weaver -- -- 5 Mealtime Difficulties 66 -- Elaine J. Amelia -- -- 6 Urinary Incontinence 83 -- Annemarie Dowling-Castronovo and -- Christine Wanich Bradway -- -- 7 Assessing Cognitive Function 99 -- Marquis D. Foreman, Kathleen Fletcher, -- Lorraine C. Mion, and Lark Trygstad -- vii -- -- -- -- -- 8 Delirium: Strategies for Assessing and Treating -- Marquis D. Foreman, Lorraine C. Mion, -- Lark Trygstad, and Kathleen Fletcher -- -- 9 Preventing Falls in Acute Care -- Barbara Resnick -- -- 10 Preventing Pressure Ulcers and Skin Tears -- Elizabeth A. Ayello -- -- 11 Depression in Older Adults -- Lenore H. Kurlowicz -- -- 12 Medication in Older Adults -- Terry Fulmer, Marquis D. Foreman, -- and DeAnne Zwicker -- -- 13 Pain Management -- Ann L. Horgas and Susan M McLennon -- -- 14 Use of Physical Restraints in the Acute Care Setting -- Anne M. O'Connell and Lorraine C. Mion -- -- 15 Advance Directives: Protecting Patient's Rights -- Gloria Ramsey and Ethel L. Mitty -- -- 16 Discharge Planning for the Older Adult -- DeAnne Zwicker and Gloria Picariello -- -- 17 Clinical Practice Protocols: -- Translating Knowledge into Practice -- Deborah C. Francis and Melissa M. Bottrell -- -- Appendix -- Index |
| Summary |
"The protocols in this thoroughly updated new edition address key clinical conditions and circumstances likely to be encountered by a hospital nurse caring for older adults. They represent "best practices" for acute care of the elderly as developed by nursing experts around the country as part of the Hartford Foundation's Nurses Improving Care to the Hospitalized Elderly project (NICHE). New to this edition are chapters on evaluating practice guidelines and measuring quality and outcome of care."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Geriatric nursing.
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Nursing care plans.
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Hospitalization.
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Nursing Assessment.
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Nursing Care.
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Aged.
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Aged.
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Geriatric Nursing -- methods.
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| Author |
Mezey, Mathy Doval.
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Fulmer, Terry T.
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Abraham, Ivo Luc.
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Zwicker, DeAnne.
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| LC no. |
2003054363 |
| ISBN |
0826118348 |
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